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Felesta Njoroge and her Belgian lover Merc De Mesel have been in the spotlight over KSh 102 million that the man gifted the lady
Mesel, in a video, explained he only gave Felesta the humongous amount because they were together and was even pregnant for him
The foreigner narrated he had nothing to hide given he makes his money lawfully as a Bitcoin investor
A Belgian man whose Kenyan girlfriend has been the talk of town after the government pushed for the freezing of her account owing to suspicious transactions has narrated his side of the story.
Twenty-one-year-old Felesta Njoroge found herself on the wrong side with the state after she received a total sum of KSh 102.6 million, money that she said was a gift from her Belgian boyfriend Merc De Mesel.
In a video posted on his YouTube channel, the wealthy foreigner, who said he is a Bitcoin investor explained he had nothing to hide reiterating he gifted his girlfriend the money because they are together and more so, she was pregnant for him.
Mesel also expressed his displeasure at the awful experience he underwent at the hands of Kenyan authorities whom he said raided his home after he sent his lover the money.
"Four officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) invaded our home and arrested my girlfriend and I because I gave my girlfriend a gift.
"My girlfriend explained to them the money was just a gift because we are together and we are also having children together because she is pregnant. It was really bad," he narrated.
The investor said he and his lover were living in terror following the incident and were hoping for speedy investigations as they had nothing to hide.
"I hope the the money-laundering investigations will be closed because there is nothing. I can prove my source of funds as we do all the time as investors," he said.
Trouble with government
The love birds have been grabbing headlines in the past few days after the 21-year-old Nairobi Technical Training Institute student received the money.
In court papers in which the Assets Recovery Agency sought orders to freeze Njoroge's Co-operative Bank account over the transactions.
Preliminary investigations revealed the said bank account had no cash prior to the fictitious transactions.
State Counsel Stephen Githinji highly suspected the cash could be proceeds of crime including but not limited to money-laundering.
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